Manifolding sales-book.



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ABRAHAM ABRAHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORTO ABRAHAM &

STRAUSS, OF SAME PLACE.

MANIFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,438, dated October 10, 1899.

Application filed May 4, 1399. Serial No. 715,561. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM ABRAHAM, a citizen oft-he United States, and a resident of New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sales-Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates tothat class of salesbook in which a leaf of carbon-paper is adapted to be inserted between two adjacentleaves, whereby an original and a carbon copy of the sales-memorand um can be produced and the sheets be detached from the book and from each other, so that the customeiyinay receive one record and another be retained at th store.

My improvements consist generally in dividing each half'of a folded sheet of a inanifold sales-book into three sections, the top and bottom sections having provision for the name and address of the purchaser and the intermediate section having provision for memorandum of sale and amount of same and the bottom section also having provision for the amount of sale and said sheet havinglines of detachment between the top and intermediate sections of the upper half and between the bottom and intermediate sections of the lower half.

My improvements also consist in certain other features and details, as more particularly hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates in perspective a sales-book embodying myinvention and showing the twoparts of the duplicate sheet andwith the carbon-paper thrown back. Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate plan views of the upper and lower parts, respectively, of the duplicate sheet and each figure showing such part detached from the other part.

Similar letters represent like parts in all figures.

The sales-book, as shown in the above figures, is composed of folded sheets composed of the upper part A and the lower part B. The lower part B is secured to the back 0 or binding, the part A is separated from said back, and the two parts A and B are united at their lower ends, but at said ends are joined by perforations m or otherwise, so that they may be readily separated from each other. The lower part B is also similarly arranged near its upper end, so that it may be readily separated from the back 0.

' D is the carbon-leaf which is secured to the back 0 and which is adapted to be inserted under the part A and between the two parts A and B of the double sheet when the book is to be used.

The part A is divided into three sections a, b, and 0. Section 01 has provision for the name and address of the purchaser, section b has provision for the items ofsale or sales, the amounts of same, and the total amount of sales tothe customer, and the section 0 has provision for the name and address of the purchaser and the total amount of sales to' same. The section a is at the top of the part A, the section 0 at the bottom, and the sec tion I) in the middle or between a and c. The part Bis dividedtinto three sections a, I), and c and occupying similar positions on said part. On part A sections a and b are sepa* rated by a line (:1 of perforations or other similar provision, by which section a may be readily and instantly detached from sections 1) and 0. Part B has also a detaching-line 6, similar to line (2, between section a and the back 0, and f is another detaching-line separating sections a, and b from section 0.

The entire sheet A B is adapted to be used in the following manner: The salesman or saleswoman upon makinga sale of goods that are to be sent to the purchasers home first inserts the carbon-leaf D under the part A and between the parts A and B, and then writes stated, will be duplicated by the carbon-leaf upon the three sections 0!, b o of the un lder part B of the duplicate sheet, the writing on the sections a, b, and 0' corresponding with the writing on the sections a, b, and 0, respectively.

The sheet A B is then torn from the back C and separated at the detachinglines (1,], and .r. Ihc section (0 is pasted on the package containing the purchases, the two united sections a and I) both turned in to the bookkeeper, the two united sections a and Z) are turned over to the purchaser or put in the package, and the sect-ion c is turned over to the auditor. The purchaser will thus have a bill or voucher for his purchase or purchases, with the amount or amounts of same, the bookkeeper will also have a similar voucher, and the auditor will also have a voucher containing the name and address of the purchaser and the total amount of his purchase. It will therefore be seen that when ever a sale or sales is or are made to every customer the salesman or saleswoman, by the proper entries on sections a, b, and 0, makes out three sets of checks against each other0ne to the customer, one to the bookkeeper, and one to the auditor.

Provision is made at g and g on sections 0 and 0, respectively, for a number of a purchasers shopping-card, so that if a customer has such a card and does not pay cash for his purchases the number of his card may be written on g and duplicated on g on the auditors voucher c. The two sections ftftlld a also have provision at h and h, respectively, for the name of the mercantile establishment selling the goods, so that there will be an advertisement of said establishment both 011 the section which is pasted on the package and on the purchasers bill or voucher.

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a manifold-book, the combination with a folded sheet, the upper half of which is disconnected from the binding and each half being divided into three sections, the top and bottom sections having provision for the name and address of the purchaser, and the intermediate section having provision for memorandum of sale and amount of same, and the bottom section also having provision for the amount of sale, and said sheet having lines of detachment between the top and intermediate sections of the upper half and between the bottom and intermediate sections of the lower half, all as set forth.

2. In a manifold-book, the combination of a folded sheet the upper half of which is disconnected from the binding, a carbon-leaf bound into the book and adapted for insertion under the upper half of the folded sheet, each half of said sheet being divided into three sections, the top and bottom sections having provision for the name and address of the purchaser, and the intermediate section having provision for memorandum of sale and amount of same, and the bottom section also having provision for the amount of sale, and said sheet having lines of detachment between the top and intermediate sections of the upper half and between the bottom and intermediate sections of the lower half, all as set forth.

3. A manifold-book composed of folded sheets, the upper half of each of which sheets is disconnected from the binding, and each half being divided into three sections, the top and bottom sections having provision for the name and address of the purchaser, and the intermediate section having provision for memorandum of sale and amount of same, and the bottom section also having provision for the amount of sale, and said sheet having lines of detachment between the top and intermediate sections of the upper half and between the bottom and intermediate sect-ions of the lower half, all as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ABRAHAM ABRAHAM.

Witnesses:

HENRY WILHELM, ARTHUR HENRY BEEDLE. 

